Just noticed on his Myspace site that Roy Paci and Aretuska have a sole London gig lined up for 8 June at the Astoria 2 (not on the list at the time of writing). Would be a must-see for me if I was there.

Rod B. wrote:Just noticed on his Myspace site that Roy Paci and Aretuska have a sole London gig lined up for 8 June at the Astoria 2 (not on the list at the time of writing). Would be a must-see for me if I was there.

Although it's not yet listed on the Mean Fiddler website, a quick phone call confirmed that tickets are on sale for Â£18 (cash price for personal callers), over 14s only.

A Monster new project called Speed Caravan. This is the awesome new project by Medhi Haddab, oud maestro and half of DuOud. A full on band with the best of ZZ Top, Rachid Taha, rock and roll, Arabic pop and the Chemical Brothers. It's oud madness like you've never heard before!

I know there's a lot on next weekend but Wow! I just discovered that The Darts are playing the 100 Club on saturday (12th)....Can it get better than that? Is Rita Ray still singing with them? Very tempted y'know. How about you?